Manchester Students Pull Out Dog Stuck In Muddy Canal, Video Of Amazing Rescue Goes Viral
Humans' love for dogs knows no bounds. Dog lovers cannot see a dog in pain and hot offer to help, even if it means taking a bit of a risk. That's what these students from Manchester, England did. The video of the heartwarming rescue is now going viral. Watch the clip here.?
Manchester students rescue dog from a muddy canal
A video of a few brave Manchester, England, students pulling a dog out of a muddy canal after a difficult rescue is going viral online. According to the video, the dog had been floating for some time before a pet owner called for assistance for his dog, which had fallen into a canal. The dog was struggling to hold on to the canal's sides as its strength dwindled.?
According to the Metro News, Batu Akyol was clutching his dog's lead after it had fallen into the Ancoats Canal. Two 20-year-old boys, Jack Spencer Furmston and Ben Camphor, came to his aid and rescued the dog in response to his cry for help.?
The tallest of them, Ben, was then hanged upside down to retrieve the dog from the canal after too many people gathered there, according to the news source. People are praising the young men's brave efforts, and the video has gone viral on social media.?
Over 10 million people have viewed the video depicting Jack Spencer Furmston and Ben Camphor's bravery.?In the video's comment section, social media users are leaving insightful comments.?"I initially thought it was just a bunch of yobs messing around until I dug a little deeper. What wonderful words of praise for these young men. It just goes to show that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, and so on," a user made a comment.?
Here's what happened?
On their way home from a coffee shop in Manchester, Jack Spencer Furmston and Ben Camphor, both 20, noticed dog owner Batu Akyol struggling with a lead over a wall.?The students quickly discovered that the owner's dog Sumak had fallen into Ancoats Canal and launched a rescue effort with the help of five others.?
A?group of people is seen suspending Camphor by his legs as he scales the canal wall to reach the dog.?The dog can be seen clinging to the canal wall, terrified, while his owner grips him by the lead a few feet above him.?
"Everyone was panicking," he added. "I couldn't let that dog down and not help, so I took off my jumper and jumped down first. 'I'm a dog owner myself, so there was no way I was going to leave it alone, but I couldn't get it the first time."
"The crowd had begun to build, so the tallest person - which was Ben - was flipped upside down and he was able to grab the dog, as shown in the video," Furmston explained.
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